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Question about front landing gears. The motor/gearbox is on the left side (drivers) and has a bar across the top of the bay to the other landing gear/jack. Where the bar goes into the passenger side down-tube, it is sloppy (?). I can grab it and shake it where it goes into the tube containing the jack/landing gear. I'm probably butchering the lingo but I'm no expert... LOL. My question is, should this be tight, or is loose/sloppy how this thang works? FIrst camper I've owned so nothing to compare it to at the moment. Should there be a bushing/bearing there? It still works but because of the sloppiness, it pops a little going up/down. Right now I have it connected to my truck so I can take it apart/go on a part hunting expedition if needed. I'm at my stick n brick now so I have other vehicles to drive if I need to go to town for parts. Is this repairable, or does the whole thang need changed out? I have not seen a zerk on this tube, does it need lubed up? Seems like the gear is very slow going up/down and the motor looks like a puppy slowly wagging it's tail.

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pretty standard I think, I pulled mine all the way out. You will have caulking to replace but no biggy To my recollection there is a flat washer above the tapered gear and then a small pin through the shaft to hold it up. That washer needs to be replaced, I think you will find where the pin has pushed way into the washer gears are probably good and where you pull that cross arm off should be a shear pin I replaced it with a grade 5 bolt plus put some extras in my pu ( 1/4" bolt x ?? 1" maybe 1 1/4"

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Welp, done and done. Was easy to fix, did not have to run to town. Gears were just fine, problem was the cross-over tube was sloppy, shaft is solid as a rock. Shimmed with a washer and slop/noise is gone.

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pretty standard I think, I pulled mine all the way out. You will have caulking to replace but no biggy To my recollection there is a flat washer above the tapered gear and then a small pin through the shaft to hold it up. That washer needs to be replaced, I think you will find where the pin has pushed way into the washer gears are probably good and where you pull that cross arm off should be a shear pin I replaced it with a grade 5 bolt plus put some extras in my pu ( 1/4" bolt x ?? 1" maybe 1 1/4"

I want the easiest to replace and cheapest part to fail first. Installing a grade 5 bolt in place of the shear pin may wind up costing much more than a few shear pins.